Life of E's

Recently I presented a teleseminar, If You Do Nothing Else This Semester, to help faculty members plan and organize a successful semester.  Here is a question from one of the participants: It occurred to me that I should try to set aside time each week for "productivity". This would be reading, cleaning, learning new strategies, [...]

Tags: calm, chaos, organized, Productivity, time management

Do you ever run around like a chicken with your head cut off? Or maybe you would describe your behavior as acting like your hair is on fire? Either way, it's not a good look!   If you use consciously and deliberately put in "pockets," that is, the special protected spaces that give your room [...]

Tags: anxiety, calm, put pockets in your life, stress free, stress management, time management

We all need to calm down! Can you say an “Amen!” to that? You might be reading this during the holiday season–or you might be reading it at any other time of the year, and it will still apply. This article will use the acronym “CALM” to structure the suggestions and to help you remember [...]

Tags: calm, clutter, frantic, procrastination, Productivity, stress

Doc Childre of HeartMath® said: Managing our emotions increases intuition and clarity. It helps us self-regulate our brain chemicals and internal hormones. It gives us natural highs, the real fountain of youth we’ve been searching for. It enables us to drink from elixirs lock[ed within our cells, just waiting for us to discover them.  How [...]

Tags: calm, energy, energy boost, energy drain, relax, relaxation, stress, stress level

Question posed during today’s Life of E’s Email Extravaganza: Somehow (because I said yes) I feel I have over committed myself and am feeling stressed to the point that sometimes I shut down rather than tackle the list of to do’s.  The good news is I am still meeting deadlines and getting things accomplished.  However, [...]

Tags: calm, overcommitted, overwhelmed, prioritize